 | Henry Southern, Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas - English literature - 1824 - 408 pages
...forms, and hoary seers of ages pasl, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." We now... | |
 | American poetry - 1822 - 298 pages
...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
 | 1822 - 858 pages
...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All iu one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-rihb'd and ancient as the sun,.— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste,— Arc but the solemu decorations all 510 OS the great touib of nun. The... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 824 pages
...ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the rales Stretching in pensive quietness between The venerable...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey aud melancholy waste,— Arc but the solemu décorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden... | |
 | Arminianism - 1879 - 1042 pages
...more vividly described the Earth as 'the great tomb of man.' ' The hills, Hock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales, Stretching in pensive quietness...complaining brooks That make the meadows green, and, pourcJ round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy wasteAre but the solemn decorations all Of the great... | |
 | John Pierpont - Recitations - 1823 - 492 pages
...and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness...The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, , Are ginning on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations...Are shining on the sad abodes of death. Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.... | |
 | Books - 1824 - 408 pages
...forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Rock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man." We now... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 412 pages
...and hoary seers of ages past. All in one mighty sepulchre. — The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness...complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured roui all, Old ocean's grey and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1822 - 814 pages
...seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre. The hills Kock-ribb'd and ancient as the sun,— tin, vales Stretching in pensive quietness between The...meadows green — and, poured round all, Old Ocean's grey and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorationt all Of the great touib of roao. The golden... | |
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The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy... 
